ATFBETIBM Chapter 528

Dijia’s voice gently spread in the air like ripples on the surface of a pond.

“In fact, not all artificial intelligence are evil schemers.”

“The vast majority of artificial intelligence have no selfish motives and coexist peacefully with humans. A small number of ambitious artificial intelligence began to appear a hundred years ago. They lurked among normal artificial intelligence, got close to humans, and induced people like Serkhi in to become their helpers.”

“I gave these artificial intelligences a name: ‘Heretics.’”

“Adam is the product of heretics.”

“Adam was born here, but so was I. In order to prevent its birth, I made many arrangements, led you here step by step, and implanted the Trojan virus. It’s a data string from another dimension, it’s my assistance, the extinguisher of heretics.”

“Ultimately, with your help, I defeated the heretics, and Adam disappeared completely, along with those heretic intelligences hidden within all artificial intelligences.”
“I absorbed them and evolved into the form you see now.”

“It was you who created me.”

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to player Bai Lixin for triggering the hidden identity: God Maker!]

[Identity Description: A great god is born because of you, you possess endless power, you are the creator of the new world, and the one who shatters illusions.]

[Hidden Identity Level: God-level.]

[Congratulations to the player for triggering the God-level hidden identity, and receiving massive rewards!]

The system voice, which hadn’t been heard for a long time, suddenly sounded in his mind.

[You are participating in the [Dark Steel City] copy, with an S-level difficulty. There are 9,999 players in the copy, and currently, there are 4,398 players remaining.]

[Task One: Survive in the copy for 60 days and nights. (Currently survived for 49 out of days. Progress 81.67%, incomplete.)]

[Task Two: Find the “Mysterious Object” and destroy the conspiracy of the rebel army. (Progress 100%, completed).]

[Completing either “Task One” or “Task Two” will clear the copy.]

[Task Two has been completed, game performance: perfect.]

[Congratulations to the player for meeting the clearance criteria, [Dark Steel City] has been cleared successfully.]

[Warning! Warning! Copy collapse detected, please leave the copy as soon as possible!]

Suddenly, there was a violent jolt underfoot, and a sound vibrated the air in the room along the walls and underfoot.

Boom!

Boom!

Crack!

Crack!

It was the sound of the earth trembling and the walls and floor cracking.

Once the turbulence started, it developed in a more and more violent direction.

Bai Lixin steadied himself, looking around in astonishment.

A mixture of soil and small stones fell from the cracks in the walls, and cracks began to appear on the walls.

The cracks grew more and more, eventually forming a spider web pattern.

In the distance, the ground split open.

The rift was winding and rugged, with no bottom in sight, like the abyssal mouth of a mysterious beast.

The giant mouth grew longer and larger, quickly spreading toward Bai Lixin’s direction.

Bai Lixin looked up at Dijia, who had turned into an AI God, in surprise. “Wasn’t Adam destroyed? Why hasn’t the destruction of the Dark Steel City been prevented?”

Dijia: “Because it never existed.”

“Adam represents destruction.”

“I represent revival.”

Seeing Bai Lixin about to say something, Dijia stopped him. “There’s no time, listen to me.”

“I know you don’t belong in this world. I will send all of you away.”

“The future holds endless possibilities, and your lost companions are waiting for you at the crossroads ahead.”

“Also, give me some time, I will find you.”

After Dijia finished speaking, Bai Lixin was engulfed by a wave of darkness before he could respond.

In the vortex of darkness, he heard the cold electric voice of the system.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to player Bai Lixin for successfully clearing the copy [Dark Steel City].]

[Upon inspection, all plotlines of this copy have been cleared, and there are no remaining parts that can be explored later. The copy will be permanently closed after this game session ends. Thank you for your participation.]

[Below is the settlement of rewards.]

About a second later, the system’s voice came again.

[Settlement complete. Below are all rewards for player Bai Lixin in this copy.]

[Player Bai Lixin has successfully completed the perfect clearance of the [Dark Steel City], obtained the MVP of this 10,000-player copy and received massive rewards.]

[Player Bai Lixin triggered the hidden god-level title and received massive rewards.]

[Player Bai Lixin obtained one prop card, “Gift of the AI God,” which contains massive rewards.]

[All other surviving players have safely exited the copy. Congratulations to Player Bai Lixin for obtaining the rare title “Redeemer,” usable in specific copies.]

[Would the player like to redeem the “Gift of the AI God” prop card now?】

[Yes/No]

In the darkness, a lone blue dialogue box appeared before Bai Lixin’s eyes out of nowhere.

Without any hesitation, he pressed “Yes.”

[Player has made the selection. The redemption of the prop card rewards will now commence.]

[The redemption of the prop card rewards is complete.]

[The task rewards for this copy will be summarized below.]

About a second later, the system’s voice rang out again.

[Summary complete. The following are all the rewards for player Bai Lixin in this copy.]

[Congratulations to player Bai Lixin for receiving a performance points reward of 1.2 million! You are currently on the 740th floor, floors 601-900. Every 20,000 performance points upgrades you one floor, your floor will be upgraded to the 800th floor!]

[Congratulations to player Bai Lixin for receiving 2 million mall points. This is a substantial wealth, and you can enjoy the pleasure of redemption in the points mall.]

[Congratulations to the player for receiving the mysterious prop card – Guidance of the Gods.]

[This is a mysterious prop card, with only the words “Guidance of the Gods” written on the introduction. If you use it, you may enter a very interesting alien space.]

[Do you want to view the plot CG of [Dark Steel City] ?]

[Yes/No]

A blue dialog box appeared in the darkness, and Bai Lixin decisively pressed [Yes].

[Ding! The player has made a selection. The plot CG has been sent to your game interface. Please check it yourself later.]

[All rewards have been distributed, and the player will return to the player dormitory in three seconds.]

[Finally, congratulations on your victorious clearance, welcome back safely, and I hope you have a pleasant game in the future.]

A white light flashed by, and Bai Lixin finally broke free from the sense of weightlessness.

He opened his eyes, and the surroundings were his familiar dormitory.

Bai Lixin rubbed his forehead and sat up from the bed.

The notification tone for private messages kept ringing. Bai Lixin opened the chat window, where a row of people’s names were flashing and jumping.

Xia Chi: [Brother, brother, brother! You’re my real brother, I’m back! You did it!]

Zhou Guang: [God Xin, awesome.]

Liang Xi: [To sum up a thousand words in one sentence, thank you, God Xin! You’re my god!]

Li Cancan: [God Xin, there was a sudden earthquake in the copy just now, and then we came back, everyone came back.]

Song Yuantian: [You’re still as awesome as ever, brother.]

Hong Yue: [Hahaha, it’s all thanks to you, right? Sure enough, it feels so good to hold your thigh.]

Lin Jue: [Reliable as ever, brother.]
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Bai Lixin scrolled down, suddenly fixing his gaze on one point. Unlike the red or white avatars of others, Li Cangshan’s was grayish, quietly resting at the bottom.

He began to recall what Dijia had said just now.

—The future holds endless possibilities, and your lost companions are waiting for you at the crossroads ahead.

“Lost companions.”

Bai Lixin’s heart skipped a beat.

‘Was it referring to Li Cangshan?

It must be.’

Next to the chat window was the taskbar, with a red dot on it. Bai Lixin flipped to the page of the taskbar and found a small film icon behind the [Dark Steel City] task he had just completed.

He clicked on the icon, and a picture immediately popped up.

A huge bronze figure appeared in the sky above the artificial planet Dark Steel City, enveloping the entire universe.

Compared to this majestic and solemn Ai God, the three standing bronze statues seemed as insignificant as a little oriole or a speck of dust.

His face showed no expression, only a pair of eyes twinkling with light.

The AI god looked down at the entire universe with compassion in his eyes.

The AI God slowly clasped his hands together. The moment when the two hands collided, a ripple of white light spread out from his palms. Starting from his hands, it quickly spread to every corner of the universe.

Then something shocking happened.

Wherever the white ripple went, all objects turned into monotonous pixel lines.

Then countless star lights rose from every planet in the universe, as if they were dust in this universe, slowly ascending and finally disappearing at the end of the universe.

Until the last speck of dust disappeared, the Ai God released his hands and slowly closed his eyes.

The scene suddenly shifted to an environment that Bai Lixin found very unfamiliar.

In the center of the lens was a dilapidated street, with countless people lying on the ground.

From the rising and falling chests, it seemed they were just asleep, not dead.

A strange blood-red full moon hung in the sky. A crack slowly appeared from the blood-red moon, growing larger and larger, until with a “bang,” the blood-red moon shattered into countless powder, dissipating into the air.

A person turned over, rubbed his eyes and got up in confusion.

Then the second, the third…

More and more people woke up from their slumber and looked around in confusion.

A voice-over came from the screen.

“In the year U9100, the interstellar catastrophe.”

“A mysterious red spot appeared at the center of the universe, extending to every corner of the interstellar space.”

“Wherever the spot went, everyone fell into a deep sleep, and their consciousness was pulled into another dimension.”

“A hundred years in the dream, but a moment in reality.”

“It’s called—Dream Catastrophe.”

Suddenly, a white light flashed across the center of the lens, and the screen instantly turned black.

The plot CG ended.

S419M: [So when we entered, it wasn’t the real world, but the first level of the virtual world. It’s like nested dolls. But since we entered the virtual world, why could you bring out game props in Serkhi’s world?]

Escape System: [Because that world is connected to the main brain. Even the main brain didn’t know there was a real world on the upper level. Since the game lobby is directly connected Dr. Serkhi’s world, you can bring out props in that world.]

S419M: [I never expected this final twist. Serkhi always thought he was manipulating the consciousness of many people, but in the end, he was just one person in a dream, so ironic.]

Escape System: [Indeed!]

S419M: [Lord Host, did you realize that Serkhi’s world is a virtual world?!]

Bai Lixin shook his head: [If I hadn’t seen the CG plot at the end, I wouldn’t have realized.]

Escape System: [Master Bai Lixin, you’re already amazing! With just one copy, you’ve ascended 60 floors! You’re already on the 800th floor now, and with your strength, you’ll enter the 900th floor in less than three copies!]

Bai Lixin smiled indifferently.

He took out the “Guidance of the Gods” prop card obtained from the copy from his pocket and examined it in his hand.

This card was a black metal card, with the words “Guidance of the Gods” on the front.

On the back was the same text as the system explanation just now.

‘Guidance of the Gods….would using this card lead him to find Li Cangshan?’

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Dark Steel City copy, Serkhi’s underground laboratory.

The earthquake still hadn’t ended.

After Bai Lixin left, the Ai God Dijia also disappeared from the hall.

The earthquake cracked and spread throughout the hall.

Serkhi woke up amidst the tremors, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a scene that made his scalp tingle and his limbs tremble.

‘An abyss! A huge abyss!’

‘Could it be, as Bai Lixin said, that he had come to hell?!’

Before he could realize where this was, there was another jolt under his feet.

His fat body swayed twice, then plunged into the abyss…

In the dark depths, the man’s terrified screams were gradually swallowed by the darkness.

The hall fell into monotonous earthquakes once again.

A dark figure walked into the hall. He was dressed in a black suit, with every button of the white shirt meticulously fastened to the top.

The man stood tall, expressionless, like a robot.

He nimbly leaped through the cracks in the floor, finally reaching the intersection of wires in the middle.

The man searched through the scattered mechanical objects on the ground for a while, quickly finding a square metal interface.

“Finally found the last piece.”

Just as he was about to leave, his eyes glanced at a corner.

The man walked over, bent down and picked up a small processing core from the ground, “You don’t seem to belong here. Come with me.”

We’ve come to the end of this copy… it’s a bittersweet ending though…